This is a review for Deadman’s Castle in exchange for a copy of the book.
I’m always trying to find new books that will perk Charlie’s interest enough to get him off the Game System and to pick up a book. As soon as I found out about Deadman’s Castle I thought Charlie and I could read the book together.
Deadman’s Castle is a Middle School Chapter Book. I asked Charlie what Genre he thought this book was and he said Mystery or Suspense. Which I had to agree with Charlie on but also its a adventure book.
I wondered if Charlie would be able to read Deadman’s Castle on his own and he could for the most part. But we took turns reading the chapters to each other.
As David head the story he asked us to wait to read the book in the morning before he would head to work because he wanted to know what was happening as well.
I was so happy we had Deadman’s Castle because the book brought us all closer together and got both Charlie and David interested in reading together.
The story line will keep you on your feet while raising issues you can discuss with your child. I will be adding Deadman’s Castle to our Homeschool Library for Charlie to re-read during his Reading Class.
About:
For most of his life, Igor and his family have been on the run. Danger lurks around every corner–or so he’s always been told. . . .
When Igor was five, his father witnessed a terrible crime–and ever since, his whole family has been hunted by a foreboding figure bent on revenge, known only as the Lizard Man. They’ve lived in so many places, with so many identities, that Igor can’t even remember his real name.
But now he’s twelve years old, and he longs for a normal life. He wants to go to school. Make friends. Stop worrying about how long it will be before his father hears someone prowling around their new house and uproots everything yet again. He’s even starting to wonder–what if the Lizard Man only exists in his father’s frightened mind?
Slowly, Igor starts bending the rules he’s lived by all his life–making friends for the first time, testing the boundaries of where he’s allowed to go in town. But soon, he begins noticing strange things around them–is it in his imagination? Or could the Lizard Man be real after all?
Meet the Author:
Iain Lawrence is a winner of Canada’s Governor General’s Children’s Literature Prize and the California Young Reader Medal. In Deadman’s Castle, he brings readers a mystery filled with intrigue and moments of heart-stopping danger.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
